John Twelve Hawks wants YOU...to be him

Do you want to be John Twelve Hawks? Here’s your chance.

Today marks a big day for John Twelve Hawks. And John Twelve Hawks. And, of course, John Twelve Hawks. All the John Twelve Hawks, actually, of which, you could be one.

Okay, let’s start with the publishing news. Today marks the publication of John Twelve Hawks’, The Golden City. The Golden City is the third and final book in the author’s The Forth Realm trilogy. It’s a pretty popular series of books written by one of the most interesting authors at work today, but it’s what John is doing to help promote this book that also bears mention. Or, what you’ll be doing, rather.

John Twelve Hawks is a man who is protective of his identity. Very protective. He rarely does interviews, he reportedly uses a satellite phone and vocal scrambler to communicate with his editor. For years his bio read simply, “John Twelve Hawks lives off the grid.” So as you can imagine, asking him to do a book tour is a bit of a non-starter. Except this time. This time, John is going on tour. And he’s going to do it vicariously through you.

John is asking for volunteers to come forward and be him for a book reading. You’ll want to get all the details on iamjohntwelvehawks.com, but the jist of it is this: you arrange for space at a bookstore, be upfront about the fact that you’ll be presenting in place of (or “as”) John Twelve Hawks (hereafter JTH), and use the site above to report back to John that you’ve secured a location. Do that and JTH will send you info on how to be him and will ask that you videotape the show for him to see. Do the show successfully and you’ll receive a signed edition of The Golden City.

While you’re at it, you can grab a PDF of Chapter 1 of The Golden City by heading over to the IAmJohnTwelveHawks.com site (the link is right under the book image).

So go forth and be John Twelve Hawks for a night! It may be your last chance to do so (legally) and be rewarded for it.